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As I said to him in one of his other threads...
White collar resume but Blue collar work ethic.
He argued against that logic.
Wtf is blue collar work ethic?
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Threatening to kill someone is a serious threat. And you can play hockey with out being a buffoon. Want to watch that stuff watch the UFC.
And it has no place in the post game hand shake, seriously. You congradulate the winners show respect to the losers. Not threaten them cause you lost. Guy needs to lose the roid rage.
Obviously you don't watch the UFC much. I've been watching religiously since the late 90's and one of the things I found most appealing about the sport was the fact that after beating on each other for up to 5 rounds the fighters would embrace each other after the fight as a show of respect. Even fighters that hated each other, getting involved in pre fight rivalries and heated exchanges, would engage in this show of class and honour when the fight was over. The fight settled the feud and that was that.
Jens Pulver and BJ Penn hated each other more than any two fighters I have ever seen but after the fight Jens congratulated BJ and even asked if he could come train with him in his gym. In many ways actions like this helped legitimize the sport and helped change the perception of fighters being mindless barbarians.
Of course there were exceptions to the rule. Tito Ortiz was a grade A doucher after most fights. I think this is why Dana White hated him so much. He was tarnishing the sport by living up to the stereotype and prejudice many of the uninformed UFC haters had about MMA fighters. A reputation he has tried so hard to change over the years. This is what makes what Lucic did so disgraceful. Actions like this can influence how non hockey fans perceive the game and when you are trying to obtain new fans in markets dominated by other sports this type of publicity can be detrimental to your growth. Then again it might attract new fans as well but I don't think those are the type of fans the NHL wants to reach.
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Marchand gets away with another headshot, he got Weaver earlier
I've seen 3 in the last 5 minutes. He retaliates after every hit. How this puke gets the benefit of the doubt time after time is effing infuriating.
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People really need to get over this petty stuff. I mean a different language on an ad, OH MY GOD...
We are living in the 21st century, its 2014 and the slavery days are over. We live in a global community. Canada and America are the Western models of multicultural society but it isn't just those two countries. You have Britain, some African countries and even some Arab countries like UAE, China that is starting to accept people of different cultures and race. Those countries also have English in most of their signages. Should they also eradicate the English language (that isn't their official language) in favour of their official and native language? No, because that will take away from global communication, global tourism and more importantly global business. Its the same idea in Canada and we should not just have our only official language on signs or ads.
Assimilation goes against diversity and it goes against multiculturalism. People migrate here due to their freedom of religion, speech and freedom to do what they want without persecution. What you want goes against the rights and freedoms that we have in Canada.
Just so long as you don't beat women or eat dogs right? Multiculturalism has and needs limitations. You make it sound like people can come here and do whatever they want.
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Not sure if I heard that right. When a blackhawk dives they call it experience?
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Thursday games have to go.
The more football the better. I want games Friday and Saturday too but I understand the NFL has a long standing, possibly unwritten, agreement with high school and college football preventing that from happening.
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I am the only one that finds it strange that the Seahawks broke this news? I'd be bit weirded out by that, what does his relationship life have to do with him playing football. Just doesn't seem like something to me that your team should be anouncing, leave that crap for tmz
It was a statement from Russell about the situation being a personal matter and that he wouldn't be commenting any further on it. Basically tmz can pound sand.
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Didn't think I could lose any more respect for that clown Shanahan. I was wrong.
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That is not at ALL what that link says.
First this is a document which only covers advice for those districts that are experiencing TOC shortages, and gives them advice on several actions they can take to fill the gap. This is not a policy document on whether or not you can hire retired TOCs, and nothing in here prevents retired teachers from being hired.
Second, that note you mention addresses retired teachers not being able to post to continuing contracts. Continuing contracts are ones which are expected to last longer than 1 year. See Article C 20 in the CBA I posted. This section also covers "temporary" positions, which are longer than 3 months, and your link says retired TOCs may have some limits placed on their access to temporary contracts (not that they are banned).
Third, 28% of TOC positions being more than 4 days will indeed be skewed by long term leaves, but they will be skewed DOWN. This is the number of POSITIONS, not the number of days paid. If you are looking at days paid, it would probably be >50% are in long term positions.
So, to sum up, your own link shows that retired TOCs are only banned from assignments longer than 1 year (i.e., can't get re-hired while on pension), may have some limits placed on their access to assignments longer than 3 months (but aren't banned from them), and actually suggests districts look to actively re-hire retired teachers as TOCs in some circumstances. Nowhere does it say that retired teachers can't be hired at all, and that wasn't the purpose of the document.
Where did I say they couldn't be hired? I merely tried to point out that there are a number of provisions in place to prevent this from happening to the detrement of new teacher hires. The link refers to recomendations from the BCPSEA for the BCPSEA. Why would employers not take their own recomendations when hiring TOC's? If they recomend that retired teachers be hired as a last resort because of shortages what do you think they recomend districts do when there is not a shortage. Point 5 in that article also refers to "several letters of understanding in this regard" between the BCPSEA and the BCTF. Are you privy to those recomendations or are you satisfied with your interpretation? Do you have numbers on retired teachers working as TOC's? Do you really believe cash strapped school districts are out there hiring retired teachers en masse based on the money they could potentially make? I've been working in my district for over 10 years and I know of 3 and they all work in specialty areas. I can't speak for other districts but that seems like hardly a problem. If you guys have a problem with the current TOC system you should be more concerned about preferential call out although the argument in this thread is about money so based on those guidelines still not much of an issue.
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Well, I was hoping to let this thread die as arguing with the uninformed masses about the problems facing education in BC, on a hockey forum none the less, is an impossible task. As for the so called major "issue" with retired teachers TOCing perhaps the following link put out by the BCPSEA might cause you to lol. http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/tcaab06-42.pdf
Specifically check out the end of point 5. Retired teachers are only brought in when there is a shortage in TOC's and they are not permitted to take long term assignments in most cases.
As for the statement about 28% of TOC positions being more than 4 days. Those numbers are skewed by long term leaves such as maternity and medical issues. But that point is moot as there are provisions to prevent retired teachers from taking those positions. So retired teachers TOCing is basically a non-issue as far as the province or CDC is concerned.
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I guess that would suck for me if it wasn 't so factually inaccurate. Don't believe everything you read buddy. While that poster may be right in saying TOC's make scale after 4 days, what he got completely wrong is the fact that it has to be 4 consecutive days on the same job. The scale resets each time you start a new job so unless they are filling in for someone on long term leave this difference in pay is negligible as far as the province is concerned. It's clear after reading page after page of your diatribe that you know next to nothing about teaching. You seem to be having fun though so knock your socks off dude.
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Would you prefer:
"Money that does actually exist but is currently being wasted on administration, too many districts/redundancy and the problem with "retired" TOC's"?
I thought we talked about this? Retired TOC's make the same amount as new TOC's.
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The government also has the right to pursue the challenges it is making in the courts. It also has the right (though not ever done) to ignore judgements should it be in the national interest.
Nobody is breaking the law, and nobody should be getting pissy just because they fail to understand that.
Then why have contracts at all?
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New teachers could always make themselves marketable by adding extra certifications--a good friend of mine is an EC-4 specialist with ESL and Gifted and Talented certifications.
Teachers who are retired and receiving a full pension should stay retired or go into a different career field. What the state did here was pass a law that stated that retired teachers could not return to the classroom unless they forfeited their pension for that school year and received a first year teacher's pay. Because they make more money retired, almost all of the chose to stay retired.
I have no idea what your point is? Like I said TOC's make flat rate. Seniority makes no difference. Other than taking a job away from a new teacher what is wrong with retired teachers TOCing?
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The retired TOCs is a big problem. A lot of new teachers don't get the hours they need because of double dipping retirees.
How are they a big problem? While I agree they shouldn't be given jobs over new teachers the only ones I know of work in areas where there are little to no subs such as tech ed. and languages. That being said they make the same amount of money as a first year TOC so it's not like they are costing the system any more money.
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Thats fair, I was just curious. Defense does win championships, I just prefer good offense myself, think its a bit more fun to watch, and it is certainly possible to win a Superbowl with a good offense and mediocre defense. Also I don't think the Pats defense is pretty good, I would satisfied if I was a fan anyways.
It should be interesting to see how Seattle moves forward, they certainly have a lot of free agents and a lot of guys who are due for a huge raise
A lot of their free agents this year aren't exactly key players or irreplaceable though a few will be tough to let go. The real acid test will be next year when the likes of Wison and Sherman are up for renewal. That being said Seattle has become a desirable place to play and players are taking discounts to play there. Kind of like the Canucks in 2010-2011. They treat their players right and provide perks like personal chefs ,state of the art facilities, and a loose atmosphere, not to mention a winning culture, so if players decide to walk they probably wont have too much trouble finding replacements.
Their current roster is also made up of what were thought to be fringe players, late round picks, and undrafted players so it's not that far fetched to think that Schneider could do it again and fill any holes left by free agents using the same methods that worked before. Along with this, players like Bennett have stated they would like to remain Seahawks so they may take not have to look too far for discount players to fill roster spots.
The Seahawks with the youngest team to ever win a superbowl have a legit chance at a repeat performance and a dynasty the likes of which the NFL has not seen in a long time. I've waited almost 30 years to see one of my teams win a championship (the Supersonics in 79 don't count as I was only 3) and feels good to think they might be able to do it again and for some time to come.
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As a Canucks fan you should probably stfu.
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So many assumptions, I don't even know where to start so I won't bother...
Took the words right out of my mouth.
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I became a fan in 1990. The year I moved to Vancouver from Victoria and went to my first NFL game in Seattle. Im a fan for the same reason Im a fan of the Canucks. I consider them my home team.
Don't know why but I thought it was one of those typical ironic posts where someone calls Seahawks fans in this town bandwagoners. Before I posted I thought I recalled you being Seahawks fan in the NFL thread but I guess I misconstrued what you were saying and convinced myself otherwise. That being said, most people get on board with a team for the same reason. I'm just glad it's the Seahawks turn.
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Want to know who a Seahawks bandwagoner is? Ask em where they were in 08 when the Hawks went 4-12. So many "long time fans" that werent around then. But its a big bandwagon, jump on for the ride.
What team do you cheer for? I bet I can pinpoint exactly when you became a "bandwagon" fan of that team. We are all bandwagoners to some degree but at least Seahawks fans have a legitimate reason to cheer for the team given our geographic location while everyone else just picked a team at random. And by random I mean they picked a winning team in the year they started watching or they hitched their wagon to an elite player in the same manner. I assure you if you picked your team using the latter method the losses aren't nearly as painful but the wins aren't nearly as sweet. Please share with us the details of the immaculate conception of your fandom if you will.
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Good stuff, I hope some of the haters actually take the time to read it and understand where he is coming from. If you're going to hate a player, or hate a team because of that player like I keep reading about over and over of late, at least make it for reasons truly deserving of that hate. I hate the Patriots because one of their players just murdered someone, maybe even three people
Just kidding, I don't actually hate the Patriots, I just don't want to see them win anything for awhile. They have enough. Still just sayin though.
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Well if we're going off of the advertisement, it did work. He only had one delay of game penalty which wasn't because of the 12th man. Also, Kaepernick threw two interceptions which were terrible decisions on his part.
Yeah I'm sure that commercial was about avoiding delay of games. Hell, maybe even a few false starts here and there. Definitely not about winning in Seattle or the 12th man being in his head or anything. Funny though, he's thrown more than half of his total "terrible decisions" this year to the Seahawks, in Seattle to boot. I wonder what might cause those types of mental errors in one particular building?
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Seattle struggles on the road. With a already bad offense, I don't see them being outscoring the broncos.
Both teams are 6-2 on the road this year and it's the superbowl, there is no home team
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I guess those beats headphones don't work as good as advertised huh?
NFL thread
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You guys forgot the part where Tom Brady threw 2 interceptions.
Just jokin bros.